In the cold north stands the city of Eisgir, the last outpost of civilization before the ice wastes begin. Its people are uneasy. The priests of Päkkaan have read the signs, and though unclear they speak of great evil. Heroes are needed in this ominous hour, but those are few and far between. Eisgir will have to make do with you.

It's been far too long since we had a play-by-post RPG on this forum. So let's have one.

This is going to use a D&D-old-school-hack system that I've worked on for a while now. Kind of a hybrid of the old Moldvay B/X books and 4e, if that makes sense. You don't need to worry about the rules though, I'll make the dice rolls and all that.

To sign up, just make a post saying that you want to join. That is, you don't write all the race, class, etc. stuff in your initial post - just that you want to join. Then I roll up the ability scores for your character. Then you choose a race and a class from those below, plus alignment, spells, and equipment. Post all that as well as name for your character. Background is nice too. The setting is kept unclear so you can come up with whatever you want.

The info spoilers below assume you are familiar with D&D type games. If something is unclear, just ask!

You worship a god of either the Lawful or the Chaotic alignment. All characters have a god, not just clerics! The local god of this campaign is Päkkaan, a Lawful white mammoth god of cold and wilderness. You can worship Päkkaan or make up a god on your own. If you do, write the god's name, alignment, and its areas of influence.

Equipment

You start with 100 gold pieces, and you can spend it on the following stuff.

Congratulations! You've found the secret waiting list. When someone's character dies, the first person on the list will get to replace them. The player who lost their character will automatically be added to the bottom of the list unless they don't want to. To get placed on the waiting list, send me a PM.

LongbowSwordChainmailRopeLanternBackpack3 weeks of food rationsStrange map, taken from FyesponScroll case with squiggly writing, emptySealed scroll casePiece of glowing mushroom283 gp (100 from the church of Päkkaan, 175 taken for the church)

Charm Person. +4 vs. Will. An intelligent, non-undead creature up to 120' away becomes your friend. It will obey orders that it can understand, and which are not suicidal or completely against its nature. The creature gets one Will save per day to break the spell.

Protection from Evil. For one hour, you get +1 to all defenses against attacks from chaotic creatures. You are also immune to melee attacks from summoned or magically created creatures, until you attack the creature in melee yourself.

A dirty, no-good, low-down wanderer, only Päkkaan and Boreas know how he's survived this long. Gregor is reckless, careless, and weak, scavenging what he can from his betters and sticking them in the back when they aren't looking just for the opportunity to loot their gear. He is an opportunist in the purest sense of the word. His only redeeming traits are his above average endurance and his uncanny ability to keep his fingers at least somewhat nimble in the cold.